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amoxicillin

[am-ok-suh-sil-in, uh-mok-]
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noun Pharmacology.
  1. a semisynthetic penicillin, C18H19N3O5S, taken orally as a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
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Origin of amoxicillin

1970–75; perhaps am(ino-hydr)ox(yphenyl) part of its chemical name + (pen)icillin
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amoxicillin

(ə-mŏk′sĭ-sĭl′ĭn)
n.
  1. A semisynthetic penicillin having an antibacterial spectrum of action similar to that of ampicillin.
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amoxicillin

[ə-mŏk′sĭ-sĭl′ĭn]
  1. An antibiotic derived from penicillin, having an antibacterial spectrum of action similar to that of ampicillin. Chemical formula: C16H19N3O5.
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